Non-Traditional Bookcases For the Modern Home

Almost everyone has a couple books laying around, whether it’s for educational purposes, recreation, or otherwise. Perhaps you’re a book lover, you have great taste in literature, but nowhere to put all your books. In either case, having a bookcase keeps your two to eighty books organized and easy to find. It would be simple […]

Decorating With Barn Doors: 7 Functional Uses For This Statement Piece

Over the past few years, it’s become incredibly popular for designers to reclaim pieces from older buildings – especially farmhouses and farm outbuildings – to add a little rustic texture to more contemporary architecture. Barn beams, weathered wood planks, and particularly barn doors have all become staples of trendy transitional interiors. But barn doors aren’t […]

4 Simple Questions To Help You Find The Perfect Entertainment Center

How people consume media has evolved a lot in the last decade. It used to be that any kind of serious TV or movie-watcher needed a full-wall entertainment center to handle their setup, but these days physical media collections are going digital, you need a whole lot less equipment to access a vast array of […]

Beyond The Color Of The Year: Big Color Trends For 2018

The Pantone color of the year gets a lot of press – in fact, it’s one of the few color predictions that gets broad attention outside of the design world. That said, Pantone is far from the only company with their finger on the pulse of home design trends, and color and palette predictions from […]

Design Spotlight: Solo Rugs For Any Room In Your Home

If you’ve decided to redecorate as part of your spring cleaning (of which it’s never too early to start on), you may find your floors lacking in intrigue. Adding an area rug is a great start to forming a solid space, whether it be a living room, dining room, bedroom, or entryway. Home Thangs has […]

Introducing Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2018: Ultra Violet

It seems like 2017 went by in a rush for just about everyone, but as the year draws to a close, it’s time to slow down and think about the year to come. Everyone from car companies to fashion designers are already rolling out new models and predictions for 2018, but one of my favorites (and […]

Five Tips For Designing a Stylish Retro Kitchen

Are you looking to remodel your kitchen, but unsure of what direction to go in? You can always take a look at the style that used to be it for kitchens. Now, while we can all agree on going back to the past is a bad idea overall, there are some good aesthetic pointers that […]

Making A Statement With A Bold, Decorative Bathroom Vanity

A lot of the advice I give about choosing a new bathroom vanity has to do with maximizing efficiency – finding a piece of furniture that offers the storage you need in the space you have to spare for it. But as important as it is to have a vanity that’s practical and functional, sometimes […]

Five Types Of Bedside Lighting That Go Beyond The Classic Table Lamp

Almost everyone has some kind of lamp sitting on their night stand. It’s a bare-bones, basic kind of bedside lighting that gets the job done, and usually isn’t too expensive to set up. But while table lamps are the go-to for getting a little light next to your bed, they’re far from the only option […]

Creating a Separate But Functional Home Office

Working from home has become a lot more common nowadays than it has been in the past thanks to the increased accessibility of the internet. You can literally roll out of bed and be on-time for your job, business casual attire not required. But that doesn’t mean you should be filing reports while in bed […]